tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010682896541850973.post7399369499571154739..comments2024-03-28T00:19:53.802-07:00Comments on Acadamnit: It’s Not That HardDr. Nohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18424071536413273557noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010682896541850973.post-23702157868675416232009-10-09T15:04:24.419-07:002009-10-09T15:04:24.419-07:00Whew! Wasn't sure if it was just me...
(Great...Whew! Wasn't sure if it was just me...<br /><br />(Great links Tenthmedieval)Dr. Nohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424071536413273557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010682896541850973.post-54599945295335829162009-10-09T09:26:41.800-07:002009-10-09T09:26:41.800-07:00One should take pride in their figures. They are ...One should take pride in their figures. They are the one place in your work where you can express yourself with pictures instead of words. The beauty of a simple, clean, and well made bar graph (without gridlines, legends, a chart title, gray background, 3D etc.) speaks for itself. When NSF does this, it makes you lose confidence in those who are paid to guide those of us in the scientific community. Go get 'em, Dr. No!1316 Fettermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774315058915388358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010682896541850973.post-87951688214683279912009-10-08T09:20:47.462-07:002009-10-08T09:20:47.462-07:00Oh, rats. I only use unmodified Excel graphs and ...Oh, rats. I only use unmodified Excel graphs and I do append all the SPSS print-outs as an appendix. I'm no lazier than the next person...just a tad more ignorant...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010682896541850973.post-91498978637745082172009-10-08T06:58:06.848-07:002009-10-08T06:58:06.848-07:00I am taking part of this post and printing it out ...I am taking part of this post and printing it out for my grad students. It gets really old after staring at the umpteenth lab report with that exact same graph, despite detailed instructions on customization options.Tinahttp://www.raisingscientists.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010682896541850973.post-23328830866175266982009-10-08T05:07:26.452-07:002009-10-08T05:07:26.452-07:00I can think of two, one of which Anonymous already...I can think of two, one of which Anonymous already pointed up but <a href="http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/an-object-lesson/" rel="nofollow">which has been written about elsewhere just lately</a>, the "Throughout history my chosen prejudice has been the case, or so I assert not having bothered to check, therefore dogmatic answer and can I have my essay prize nao plz"; the other would be what <a href="http://tenthmedieval.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/regula-magistri-et-tu-brute-scientific-method-iii/" rel="nofollow">I call <i>regula magistri</i> argument</a>, "Such and such a learned authority wrote this in 1910 and he was ANCIENT and THEREFORE KNEW MORE THAN YOU DO so citing him makes me know that too and therefore I win." This is not so lazy but still much easier than engaging with the evidence yourself. Or, for images, there is <a href="http://unlocked-wordhoard.blogspot.com/2009/08/moratorium-on-monk-eadwine.html" rel="nofollow">one particular scribe whom medievalists have made work very very hard indeed and now wants a break</a>. However, even we sometimes use and recognise these graphs too. <a href="http://tenthmedieval.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/i-should-have-read-this-the-moment-i-bought-it-iii/" rel="nofollow">Historians are much too easy to dazzle with numbers</a> though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010682896541850973.post-61998680740153608142009-10-07T18:36:40.760-07:002009-10-07T18:36:40.760-07:00Lol, unmodified Excel! I HATE gridlines!Lol, unmodified Excel! I HATE gridlines!Arlennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04199564304824250359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010682896541850973.post-52477729282810656872009-10-07T15:00:38.578-07:002009-10-07T15:00:38.578-07:00Excel is not my friend. I do not work with number...Excel is not my friend. I do not work with numbers. Actually, I do not work anymore. But still I know of what you speak. People are morons.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010682896541850973.post-1083167596316197312009-10-07T12:59:00.074-07:002009-10-07T12:59:00.074-07:00How about "Throughout history, people have al...How about "Throughout history, people have always been lazy. It has been argued that people will always do the least amount of work necessary." as the intro for an essay on the history of labor. Extra points for sweeping generalizations and vague references.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com